Wim Mertens - Whisper Me (1988) {Windham Hill WD-1079}
Wim Mertens - Whisper Me (1988) {Windham Hill WD-1079}
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© 1988 Les Disques du Crépuscule / Windham Hill Records | WD-1079
Classical / Minimalism / Neo-Classical / Contemporary Instrumental
One can imagine how a composer like Wim Mertens could appear on the Windham Hill label and – to some people's surprise – in the late '80s he appeared twice. Whisper Me is a compilation of tracks from his other Crepuscle releases, a mini-overview of his style, and a way of hearing some tracks from the then-impossible-to-find Maximizing the Audience. Mertens has more depth to him than other pianists on the label, and a darkness creeps in at the edges of these works.
Yet his romanticism sets him apart from contemporaries such as Michael Nyman and he's unafraid to aim for the heart rather than the brain. And another note: "The Fosse," looked at sideways, bears a surprising chord-progression resemblance to Cat Stevens' "Wild World."
Personnel:
Wim Mertens : Voice, Piano, Keyboards, Composed By, Arranged By, Producer.
Monique Laperre: Cello, Piccolo Flute.
Marc Grauwels : Flute, Flute [Bass].
André Van Driessche: French Horn.
Keiko Kusaka : Harp.
Dirk Descheemaeker: Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet.
Kris Van Severen: Viola.
Anne Crabbe, Anne Mertens, Chris Nieuwenhuysen, Malufi Singers, Rika Joris: Voice.
℗ 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 Les Disques Du Crépuscule
© 1988 Windham Hill Records
tracklist:
01. A Visiting Card 06:56
02. The Fosse 08:02
03. No Plans, No Projects 05:12
04. Whisper Me 18:57
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Wim Mertens / Whisper Me
Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-880SA Adapter: 0 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 256 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%albumartist%
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 6:56.62 | 0 | 31261
2 | 6:56.62 | 8:02.33 | 31262 | 67444
3 | 14:59.20 | 5:12.27 | 67445 | 90871
4 | 20:11.47 | 18:56.63 | 90872 | 176134
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Wim Mertens - Whisper Me (1988) {Windham Hill WD-1079}
Wim Mertens - Whisper Me (1988) {Windham Hill WD-1079}
see also:
Wim Mertens - Close Cover (1986) {Windham Hill Records WD-1056}
Wim Mertens - Open Continuum (...Warner Music Spain 5310514082}
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